Libya and the United States, Two Centuries of Strife Ronald Bruce
St John "Ronald Bruce St John provides a comprehensive,
meticulously researched history of US-Libyan relations of the last
200 years. His book succeeds well in describing the sources of
tension, conflicting interests, and misperceptions that have
determined the course of interaction between the two
countries."--"Journal of North American Studies" "Balanced, very
informational. . . . Highly recommended."--"Choice" "This is a
wonderfully measured, insightful, comprehensive treatment of the
subject that will, in my estimation, become a standard not only for
the academic community but also for the policy and intelligence
community."--Dirk Vandewalle, Dartmouth College Diplomatic
relations between the United States and Libya have rarely followed
a smooth path. Washington has repeatedly tried and failed to
mediate lasting solutions, to prevent recurrent crises, and to
secure its own national interests in a region of increasing
importance to the United States. "Libya and the United States, Two
Centuries of Strife" provides a unique and up-to-date analysis of
U.S.-Libyan relations, assessing within the framework of
conventional historical narrative the interaction of the
governments and peoples of Libya and the United States over the
past two centuries. Drawing on a wide range of new and unfamiliar
material, Ronald Bruce St John, an expert with over thirty years of
experience in international relations, charts the instances of
ignorance, misunderstanding, treachery, and suffering on both sides
that have shaped and limited commercial and diplomatic intercourse.
St John argues that Cold War strategies resulted in a paradoxical
and ambiguous U.S. policy toward Libya during the Idris regime of
the 1960s, strategies that contributed to the bankruptcy of that
monarchy. Following the Libyan revolution, the U.S. wrongly
believed Qaddafi would become an ally in support of U.S. policy to
keep Soviet influence and communism out of the region; his failure
to do so marked the beginning of an era of political tension and
mutual distrust. "Libya and the United States, Two Centuries of
Strife" documents how long-standing policy differences over the
Palestinian issue and such terrorist acts as the destruction of the
U.S. embassy in Tripoli and the Pan Am explosion over Lockerbie in
1988 resulted in a sharp deterioration of relations. St John
contends that the ensuing demonization of Libya and the U.S. policy
of confrontation, which has spanned successive administrations in
Washington, have ironically often not served American interests in
the region but, rather, have facilitated Qaddafi's survival. Ronald
Bruce St John, the author of more than three dozen books and
articles on Libya, including the "Historical Dictionary of Libya"
and "Qaddafi's World Design: Libyan Foreign Policy, 1969-1987,"
serves on the International Advisory Board of the "Journal of
Libyan Studies." 2002 264 pages 6 x 9 ISBN 978-0-8122-3672-9 Cloth
$69.95s 45.50 ISBN 978-0-8122-0321-9 Ebook $69.95s 45.50 World
Rights American History, History, Political Science Short copy:
"This is a wonderfully measured, insightful, comprehensive
treatment of the subject that will, in my estimation, become a
standard not only for the academic community but also for the
policy and intelligence community."--Dirk Vandewalle, Dartmouth
College
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